Why is everyone always so hung up on racial diversity? I HATE it when the force ethnically different characters into a film ensemble just to tick a box, e.g. with a dark-skinned Valkyry in the lates ‘Thor’. If it’s a film about Vikings, all characters should be white and redheaded / blond. If it’s a film about…

This is why I’m a techophob.

I’m not sure you understand the concept of a prototype.

Even as a child, I did not understand why they even manufacture cars that can go that fast. It seemed the most simple and logical thing to construct cars that simply could not go faster than the speed limit (every car has a limited speed. They can’t go inifinely fast, so why can’t that hardware limit be at 75 mph?).…

Wow, gives me chills. I need to re-read that book! (again)

This is what I said in my comment as well! Tolkien was smarter than that. He was no a misogynist and his characters weren’t either. He was too intelligent for that. As for Eomer: I think he was emplying a cliche to try and save his sister. (I’m a big sis and I do that as well. Cliches can be useful!)

You know, I’ve read LotR countless times but I never noticed the significance of the dagger. There is just such a level of detail to Tolkien’s work that I discover new things every time :D

Uhm, first off: that concept did not come from the screen writers, but Tolkien himself. It’s one of those really satisfying twists with the Witch King bragging that ‘no living man can kill him’ and she giving him the proverbial f## you.

The more electronics your car has, the more likely it is to develop a fault. The less electronics, the better.

I thought Range Rover was a brand for rich snobs anyway? I’m a Toyota driver myself, so am not surprised.

How about having babies? Are you saying I should go for single parenthood?

Put the pieces into a little organza jewellry bag. Problem solved. Now you can use up every last particle of soap.

I’ve always hated liquid soap. It makes you hands feels ticky instead of clean and takes absolute ages to scrub off. On top of that, it does not seem to clean NEARLY as well as a bar of soap.

Was planning on seeing both ‘Mary Shelley’ and ‘The Happy Prince’. Not so sure now... Then again, saw 50 Shades III and it wasn’t all that horrible. Not great by a long shot and definitely the weakest in the series, but not as abhorrent as critics claim it was.

Brexit is like a mis-buy on Amazon: you order a porteable radio set and get delivered a baby elephant instead. The difference between Brexit and Amazon is: if something is not as advertised on Amazon, you have the right to send it back. Brexit was sold to the people of the UK purely on lies, and now that they are…

Word! I never had a tumblr account, but I used it a lot. That got more difficult when they introduced a feature that required you to log in for some stuff, but I still visited the site occasionally. Now, I will not.

Thanks! I put the same comment in further up before I read this.

It’s because our genom is fluid. The phenomenon is called ‘epigenetics’. There are some predispositions inscribed in our gens that only become relevant under certain environmental circumstances. Gluten intolerance and even coeliac disease are two of those. Nobody can reliably predict when or how these may manifest in…

Unqualified comments like this put lives in danger. Yes, most people reacting to gluten do so because they suffer from an autoimmune disease called ‘coeliac disease’, but it is absolutely possible to be just plain allergic to gluten, too. I won’t go into the antibody systems involved and what the difference is, but I…

I have all four as fully formed teeth. Sure, it’s a tight squeeze, but no dentist I ever saw (and I’ve been to many) has EVER recommended removing them. the policy here in EU seems to be to only take them out if they cause issues. Indeed, having fully formed wisdom teeth is an advantage: if you lose a molar, they can…